What did Stan Lee think about Dragon Ball?

[JohnnyCashKami]

He sadly passed away at the age of 95 (kind of an awesome age to reach, though) as everyone already knows but I don't remember ever reading or seeing him talk about Dragon Ball. How did he feel about it? Did he ever share his thoughts on Masako Nozawa (the Original Son Goku) and Akira Toriyama? Is there video footage of it at all?

Thank you.

[Gyt Kaliba]

Stan Lee (godspeed ) was at least aware of anime and manga in general, between the various Japanese productions that have come up of Marvel's properties over the years, as well as new things that Lee was involved with (like the anime Heroman, or the manga Ultimo). But Dragon Ball specifically? I don't know that anything has ever shown that he was aware of it. There's likely a decent chance he'd at least heard the title somewhere before, just between how well-known the franchise is and just still going to conventions for so late into his life, but beyond that, I doubt he was super familiar with the brand.

[Polyphase Avatron]

Stan Lee (godspeed ) was at least aware of anime and manga in general, between the various Japanese productions that have come up of Marvel's properties over the years, as well as new things that Lee was involved with (like the anime Heroman, or the manga Ultimo). But Dragon Ball specifically? I don't know that anything has ever shown that he was aware of it. There's likely a decent chance he'd at least heard the title somewhere before, just between how well-known the franchise is and just still going to conventions for so late into his life, but beyond that, I doubt he was super familiar with the brand.

Considering his interest in anime/manga and collaboration with creators like Hiroyuki Takei, and the massive popularity and influence of the Dragonball brand, I would be incredibly surprised if he was not at least passingly familiar with it. However, I don't recall ever hearing him mention it.

[The Tori-bot]

I've seen a lot of weird questions on this board, but "Did Stan Lee ever mention Masako Nozawa in an interview?" might have to take the biscuit.

No, there's no readily-available indication that he was aware of Dragon Ball, but I'm sure he would have at least heard of it in passing somewhere.

[DragonBallFoodie]

We will never know.

That said, I hope he came across it on a TV/library and what he saw of it he enjoyed.